Area Sports

By Shane Bennett In its only action of the week, Davis pounded Tishomingo on both ends of a District double-header on March 30. The Wolves racked up 28 runs in just 11 innings at the plate to earn two more home wins. Davis 12, Tishomingo 1 In the first game Davis capitalized on Tishomingo mistakes…

By Shane Bennett Davis notched a dramatic district win with last-inning heroics to start the baseball week on March 23. They would win their next game over Plainview as well, but dropped the last two games of the week to go .500 in four home games. Davis 4, Comanche 3 After a Monday trip to…

Davis standouts Jordan Brown (pictured to the left) and Logan Pruitt were named to the Canadian Valley Confernce All-Conference basketball tam for their efforts this season. Pruitt received the third most votes of any player in the conference and led the Lady Wolves this season, averaging 17 points, 5 steals and 5 rebounds. Brown was…

By Shane Bennett The Davis baseball team enjoyed its spring with some time off, a trip to Broken Bow and four straight wins on the week to boot. After going on the road and taking down Dickson in a district double-header on March 15, the Wolves beat Arapaho and Stuart at the Wright City Festival…

By Shane Bennett If you’re only gonna win two out of four games in a week, the best thing to do is win the two district games. That’s exactly what the Davis baseball team did last week. The Wolves began with run-rule wins over Marietta on Monday and Tuesday, but then fell to Velma-Alma and…

By Shane Bennett The Lady Wolves’ basketball season came to a valiant end at Ada in a 37-29 loss to Marlow in the 3A Area Tournament. Davis never led, but twice cut a double-digit lead to just two points, never giving up in its final game of the season. It was an ominous beginning for…

By Shane Bennett Daityn Webb was among the first-ever class of girls state placers in Oklahoma when she took fourth in the 112-pound division on Feb. 25 in Oklahoma City. She won two matches and lost two in the first sanctioned girls state wrestling tournament. Webb entered the bracket by taking third in the west…

By Shane Bennett The Davis girls smiled in the face of elimination and won three straight games at the Regional Tournament Feb. 25-27. With wins over Marietta, Holdenville and Purcell, Davis advanced to the Area Tournament, which begins on Thursday. Davis 45, Marietta 34 The name of the game in a first-round win over Marietta…

By Shane Bennett It was a frustrating night at Purcell on Monday as both Davis basketball teams fell to the Dragons in District play. The Davis girls led most of the game, but lost a heartbreaker, 33-32. Then the boys suffered their third lop-sided defeat to the Dragons this season, 58-30. Purcell 33, Davis 32…

By Shane Bennett The improving Davis boys basketball team used a big fourth quarter to put away a win at Lexington on Feb. 9. Ty Birkes and Raydyn Amos combined for over half of the team’s points, propelling the Wolves to the victory. Davis 55, Lexington 46 “We’ve had trouble with some slow starts sometimes…